Coastal lagoons, Oristano, Sardinia
21st May 2010, size 14mm
Eyes in life- dark green/brown, 3 bands
Reddish antennae, narrow frons suggests Hybomitra ciureai
Neither Fauna Europaea nor Fauna Italia list any Hybomitra sp. for Sardinia, though ciureai would be expected I think? H. longipalpis (Kröber, 1923)is listed for Sicily on the Fauna Italia site but I cannot find a description or key for this species (any tips, Theo!? )
sd attached the following image:
Longipalpis Krober is a spooky species, the type is supposedly lost (bombing of Hamburg) and in my humble opinion it might even be a male of Tabanus bifarius (= tenuicornis sensu Chvala).
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in:
1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera).
2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid
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Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)
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